Bookmaking machine



T. E. HEETER BOOKMAKING MACHI NE Junev 30, 1925.

3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 20, 1920 Nmm qm,

l June 30, 1925.

T. E. HEETER BOOKMAKING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 20, 1920 June 30, 1925.

A T. E. HEETER BOOKMAKING MACHINE s sheets-smeet s Filled Nov. 20, 1920 Patented June 30, 1925.

THoMAsE. HEETER; or sT.zLoUIs, Mis'sotmr. e i

`IBOOKVI-AKIN'Gr MACHINE. 4

Application flied November-,20, i920. 'sriarizas'fia y To @ZZ whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, THoMi-is E. Hnn'rnn, a citizen of the United States of Amerlca, and

a resident of the city yof St'. Louis and State of lfiissouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements 1n Bookmakmg Machines, of which the following isa specification. rEhe primary object of this invention is to provide an improved arrangement of parts for applying the vglued faclng to the backs of books.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means "for feeding the f; fing material to the'book facingapplying mechan ism. p

A further object of the invention is in providing an improved bool; feeding mechanism for feeding the book singly from the magazine to the facing mechanism. l I

A. still further object of the invention is in providing animproved arrangementof gripping means for engaging and drawlng the facing material. .l

@ther and further objects will appear in the Ispecification and be. specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference'bemg had to the accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention, and in which, -f-

Figure 1 aplan viewof this improved machine. r

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe upper portion of the machine. y l 4 Figure 3 l's a right hand end view of Figs.

1 and 2. v

Figure et is a 'vertical cross section taken approxiimitely on the line IV-IV of Fig. 2.` Figure 5 is a longitudinal section taken approximately on the line VV ofFig. 1;'

Figure (i is an enlarged fragmentarycross section taken approximately on the line Y1 Vl of Fig. 5. Y f

Figure 'T is an enlarged sectional detail view of one ofthe grippers,^fshowing the adjustable gripping plate. p 'p Figure S is a detail view of a portion of the throw arm `and co-operable cam. i'

With reference to the drawings, feed table 1 is horizontally extended from oneof the end members 2r of thisimproved vmachine, said table 1 being supported between the side frames 3, and extendingfrom said frames is aswinging frame i'bearing a guiding roller 5, and arranged between the extending end of said. frames 3" is another guiding roller', said rollers 5 and @adapted to guide the facing or binding material 7 to the'feed table 1.l y p VHorizontally supported bythe frame 3 is a rock shaft 8, and 'rigidlyjsecured to said rock shaft area pair of spaced apart, upwardly ext'ending'arms 9', and supported between the vupper ends of 'said' arms is cutting knife 10, saidfknife adapted to co-A operate with a stationarily held knife'll, which is horizontally. supported by the end' member 2. Secured to one end ofthe roel; shaft 8 is an operating arm 12the extending Vend' 13'10f said farm'being held against anfo'perating cam 141 bf'yth'e coil spring Oppositely' disposed? frnijtheend member 2 an' end meinber16,and extending longitudinallyI between said members4 '2" and 16 andon a 'horizontal plane 'with the feedv tabley 1 is a pair-"of spacedfapart guiding members 17, and paralleling said "members 17 on each side thereof, and supported by the 'end members 2. and' 16 isa horizontally arranged trackway 18.` Arranged above and paralleling'one ofthe guidingmembers 1'? is a feed roller19, one end of said 'roller being supported'by lan v adjustable arm 2O which is secured-to the end member 2, whereas the opposite end of saidroller is supported by'an adjustable arm r21, which is borne by the' end kmember 16, and securedto s'aidiroller 'adjacent thev arm 21 is a pinion 22, said pinion being in mesh'with a pinion 23which is lsecured to one'end of a feed roller VY24,- said' roller f2/1v being arranged above the othergui'ding membelfl and held in spaced apart vopposing positionv from the roller 19 by bearings'which are respectively provided in the endt members21 and 1G.

y Arranged' in -,vertical Jalinement with. the feed roller'19 vbeneath one 'of the guiding members'gl-'is V'a squeezing roller 25, the ends of said 'rollerbei'ngA supportedby adjustablearms such'ns 2G that arevrespectively lsupported from` thev end members 2 and 16, and securedt tothe endof said roller' 25 adjacent'thelend rneinber 16, ,is a pinion 2T meshing witha pinion 28,said `pinion'2S being carried by vvan oppositely disposedv squeezing roller 29 which is rheld spaced apart from the roller 25 by bearings respectively/provided by the end members 2 and of the material and upon motion beingfime part-ed to the machine through the reduction gearing 46, the grippers'69when in a receptive position to engage the forward end of the glue faced material 7 are in a position from an inspection of Fig. 2, it is to be noted that the weight 91 is in an elevated position,

and on account of the cam 101 being in a position wherein it is inactive on the throw arm 97, said weight will cause the shaft 87 to be turned in a right hand direction as it' is lowered by gravity, thereby causing the upper strand of tiieichain 79 tov travel towards the end member 16, and-inasmuch as the plate 71 which carries the grippers 69 is connected to the upper strand of said chain 79 by the portion 78, said grippers willv be moved rearwardly thereby drawing the sheet of binding material 7 rearwardly'or towards the end member 16.

Preparatory to operating the machine, the magazine 51 is loaded with books that are to be faced as shown in Fig. 4, and in this disclosure such books are relatively thin, and intended for bank pass books, and in which the length thereof is about seventeen inches, and after each book has passed through this improved machine, each length is cut transversely into three parts.

After the 'grippers 69 have travelled an approximate distance of. seventeen inches rearwardly from the end member 2 'said' grippers are stopped4 in their rearward travel, such stopping being created by the dwelling portion 108 ofthe cam 101 bearing against the roller of the throw arm 97, in which said throw arm is held ina locking position against the moving force created by the descending weight91, said throw arm through the-rack bar 95, which is connected thereto, and to the gearV 94, thereby preventing the link beltf79 from moving. Y 1

Simultaneously with' the stopping of ythe grippers 69 the cam 14 of the cam shaft 37 became ineffective on'the operating arm 12 of the rock shaft 8 towards holding said arm elevated, thereby allowing the spring 15 to act on said rock shaft 8, in which the armsv 9 .bearing the knife 10 is allowed to descend and sever the binding material, thereby leaving approximately seventeenA inches of material, which is further desig-y nated as A held by the grippers.

After the material has been severed, the roller 100' of the throw arm 97 is allowed to traverse thedescending face 109 of the wardly until the-roller '100' of'thetthrow i arm '97 is engaged by'the' dwellingportion of the cam 101, which secondposition of stopping of the grippers 69' is the end of their 'rearward'travel i f Just lprior to the grippers 69 reaching4v the endof theirrearward travel, the 'lower end of the rocking pinv S0, which is .bornef' by the rockl bar 73 of the grippers, was engaged'by the projection S'which is ex-'H tended from the end members 16, thereby causingsaid pin y80 to rock the bar 73 and swing the upper jaws 72 upwardly out of gripping position withthe severed strip of f binding material A.y l 1 On or about the time the knife 10 is severingfthe material strip A, the serrated portions 111 of the cam 59 become effective onl the rock lever. 55 of *they .pusherV bars Y 48, in which the roller'bearing end of said i lever is caused to be moved intermittently upward andthe curved plate 49 of each, of said pusher arms 48 are movedback and forth beneath the'lowern'iost book B, and

in which the cleat 50 of each' plate 49will engage the front edge of saidfbook B, thereby pushing said book a distance 'from beneath the next "bookthereabove, and as the grippers (39 reach `the end -of their-travel, the grooved portion :112 of the cam 59 will allow thesprings` 56 to become effective towardsmoving the plates 49 of the `pusher arms 48 inwardly their full distance so that rthe cleats 50 will dischargethe book B from the magazine 51, in which the forward por.- tion of the discharged book will engage the defiecting member 60 .thereby :directing the book onto and between. the upper arranged rollers 19 and '24. 4 i i vSimultaneously with the discharging of the book B'to a position abo-ve and lbetween said rollers 19'and 24, the cani 102of the camI shaft 87 becomes effective onthe roller 103 of the lever 104, `thereby moving said/lever and the rack bar 106 pivoted thereto, and, causing ,the pini'onl23of the roller 24 and the pinion 22 of the roller`l9, Awith which said pinion 23 is in mesh,"to 1;e volve,thereby feeding the bookB betweenr said rollers 19 and 24, and inasmuch as the strip of lglued material A has been arranged. upon the guiding members 17, and Atrackways 18 by the grp'pers V69 to airalining position beneath the descending book B, the hinged portion of'said book will engage the glued strip of material A at itsapproximate longitudinal center, r thereby forcing the hinged portion ofthe book :and the material engaged `'thereover 4through the longitudinal ino said squeezing .rollers 25'., ,and 29,v said rollers i-'rmlygl pressingf the glued surface -of.jthe-. ,binding material 'A against Athe .backlof the 1 b'oolr'B;V andas theffbookiwithitsfglued fc- Ving .isi feel: throughlsaidsqneezingfrollers.itlx l i Y Y niente a: squeezlgigidevleag,pairet spacedisl discharged uponI the .chiite v114.

VThe ithron'f portiontzof the cam 101- after.` the discharge othebook; Bzfrom the sqneez 1 Y vr'ing rollers". becomes effective onthe rollen v 100 oftlie throv'v arm- 9.7i,and-- causes.;the rack. bar 95tt0'be effective o nithe gear 94 inwhich the -vupper'zstrand-...of ythe. flinkypbelt 79 is tlierebylretnrning theggrippersl) to a-f-.rece1vngf-position fadjacentgsaid eed-table 'Y by. hining,theiipperfjaws 72 downwardly indingfma-teriale7, and prior tothe-v `and as 4,said grippers neary the lend' 'of their forward itraxyfel,.;tlierocking vpin 80foffvsaid ai grippers is-14 engaged byafthe kprojeotion' 84v which extendsfrom the end member 2,' there-` on the return: of. vsaid grippers,f1 the Cam livbecones' atve .towards-:elevating the loperating :armj 125ftliereby1 elevating,the'knife l0. rom..ou of 'the'.:path i of; travel of 'the' gripper-s, and

*incidentalV With-fthe 1reversed @travel ofw'the sprocketleliain 79, the-.sproeketSS Willfre-y turn thefweight '9L to .lan elevated position;v

f noted ttliat'tl'ie# upper jaw 720i 4theH grippers 69` '.isprovidedv with @adj usta-ble; packing strip 115',.saidistrip being heldtolthefnnderand Vadapted to bear;I againstHsaid-strp is a of Ythe grippers ean beneutralized, as ,it ,is

essential :that eaeh of the; grippers f be, pro-` vided with an equal amount ofv pl-ying; ygrip,

as the 'material mustfbegfedonto the; guide- Ways.latf'andstraight i l.: Inqa; booknfaoing'niaohine, the -eo'l'nbi-x nation of aY book `feeding element,- vmeans :ar-

" inngedzparallelfto said :element orifeeding a 'strip offglued-material toa'. position lengthwise .of said .element so; that :,tlhe` ,mate`v Vl rial will ,be engaged bythe hingingfportion nation lof af-book feeding-;element.y means `fori 'of a vbook at vitsfapproxinriatef;.longiti1linal center, and afeombined `feeding and pressing ineens arranged :parallelto fsaidieeding means for bearing against the iside, wallsof the ibook. and the r glued materialiengagedl thereover'.

2.19111 a lbook aeingmachine. the -eomb'i-` feeding a strip ofiiglued materialto a-posif Vtiornben'eath.sa-id' element` and jin -;t-he .path

ofctravel .of va book so'thatsaidfstripWill-be 6.. Inabo Vk :facing other rollers. 'and .arrange f Messe engage-by .saidiwokgwhen .fedrbysid el met@ TendA Y wallingifevicwrreilgd rarallelie Seid eednemeensifmoremtingwon, the' Wnlls,of.-the boekfahfdjfthe gluedVY strip- Ceviliediherebyf l i betweenfzsaid Birding element' and 'said fide'- v-ieefneansffm (feeding a ..strip.` oi.lg glued .I u 5.70 3.111 a...bo leYfaei-ngvmaehine, the combi? 'apart.perallellyrarrangedlniembersfloeated l s bindinginateriagl. onto.v said l.spaeed.. apart melnbe feed. afhiok iagainst said yglued strip and i be- @Saldi ieedinggh'elernent. .adapted to 4.-" In aybookzfae niaehinefthe "oombiaime Parallelle arrange@ members. I lefd between said efeeding. element..iniciy said .de-f rise, -giirrifngflrent edepted tei-Quieronationilof a bool:l vreceiving:*andi-,feeding.ele ment, asqneezin-g, device. yaxpair of spaced ente along said meinbers ffo'r'feedinga strip 0f. glued p binding 'material ontoksaid". vrnem'- l bers, said feedingele-n nent.y .adaptedto `feed afA book against said; glued, strip and between said spacedpartsmembers ,and .to Said sqiieezingdevice, p n A l f. 5.. In. book; raeing. machine, .the combi.

lnet-.ion of a ...hook .receiving and `feeding lele?l 1nent,.means.or dvseharginv books singlyy to said element, --a..sql ieerz1ng eviice, a :pair of located between said, feeding, .element and said; device.,- rneansjforI feeding. a.: Vstrip i of glned bifridi'ng..nuaterial.A .onto said "spaced apart meinbersaid feedin'gfelement `adapted to feed a.- book/against said.; glued strip. .and between said,spacedjapartfmembers and to saidsqueezingjdevice j Y Y, ,machine,'the [combi- `spaced'apartynrgllelly arranged 'members i.

nat-ion of. va book-feedingeleinent, comprised of. a; pair Y ofi parallelli7 :arranged rollers, a pair of@ squeezing. jr lle1ffs,paralleling,said ...there beneath,`

lio l means .for .feedinga strip, of. glued. material taai-positiong-betiveenisaid.feeding element and said squeezing rollers, said feeding-.ele-

nientaclapted.jtovieeda,.book...againstsaid," V` i zine to.said rollers,V a'pair'fof squeezing Vroll'- ersparallelingsaidotherlrolls:andarranged therebeneath; 4meansfor feeding. a strip olf glued materallto. .a .position :between said feed rollers j and said.' squeezing rollers, Vsaid 'feedrollers adaptedtov feed alho'ok against saidf strip@ o fl'naterialu,.and` feed, said book `and said vstrip tos'ai'dj ,squeezingy rollers.

. .8.In;comb' ation, afeedtable for-the reeeption l(if-1a binding materialI whieh is pron .ig

strip; off materialQandi feed saidbookQ'and 1.15; i

Ysaid' strip .i to Y saidsqueezing rollers.

vided with an adhesive substance on one side thereof, a pair of feed rollers, a magazine for holding books arranged adjacent said rollers, means for discharging each book singly from the magazine to said rollers, a pair of spaced apart guiding members arranged beneath said rollers, means for drawing the binding material from said table to a position beneath said rollers, means for severing said material, and a second pair of 10 nally thereto, and means carried thereby for 15 adjusting a portion 'of said strip.

THOMAS E. HEETER. 

